C.J. Petit

C.J. Petit is an American western author who has published mutliple books including Riding Shotgun, Jake, Cap Tyler, and The Photographer. Petit considers his story as having begun when he was diagnosed with cancer back in 1995. He had a lot of complications in his treatment and eventually ended up on disability as he was no longer able to work. Petit spent the time by reading a lot around the house, including a lot of westerns. He eventually decided that he wanted to try it for himself and began writing his first book. Riding Shotgun sees Lemhi County Sheriff Mitch Ward capturing a notorious outlaw gang leader by the name of Ace Carr. However, he wasn’t too pleased about it because he knew all the trouble that it would bring. The rest of Ace’s gang was still on the loose and they would surely come looking for him. While, Ace wasn’t actually wanted in Ward’s county so he would need to travel to Lewiston on the border between Oregon and Idaho Territory in order to bring him to justice. Ward heads out on a stagecoach with one of his deputies and Carr in the back. He knows that they are coming, but he is not prepared for what they will try.